What Judge Bolton’s Injunction Doesn’t Say

National Review by Heather Mac Donald | Jul. 29, 2010 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) In enjoining Arizona’s landmark immigration law, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton maintains the Obama administration’s carefully cultivated fiction: that what concerns the White House regarding S.B. 1070 is its effect on legal, rather than illegal, aliens. Almost nowhere in the government’s briefs or the judge’s ruling is the arrest and detention of illegal aliens addressed. This fiction is transparent, however. The real threat posed by S.B. 1070 ... Full Story »

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